microsoft · JasonYeMSFT · Jun 15, 2026 · Jun 15, 2026
diff --git a/.github/plugins/azure-skills/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.github/plugins/azure-skills/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "azure",
   "description": "Microsoft Azure MCP and Skills integration for cloud resource management, deployments, and Azure services. Manage your Azure infrastructure, monitor applications, and deploy resources directly from Claude Code.",
-  "version": "1.1.68",
+  "version": "1.1.70",
   "author": {
     "name": "Microsoft",
     "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"

diff --git a/.github/plugins/azure-skills/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json b/.github/plugins/azure-skills/.cursor-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "azure",
   "description": "Microsoft Azure MCP and Skills integration for cloud resource management, deployments, and Azure services. Manage your Azure infrastructure, monitor applications, and deploy resources directly from Cursor.",
-  "version": "1.1.68",
+  "version": "1.1.70",
   "author": {
     "name": "Microsoft",
     "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"

diff --git a/.github/plugins/azure-skills/.plugin/plugin.json b/.github/plugins/azure-skills/.plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "azure",
   "description": "Microsoft Azure MCP and Skills integration for cloud resource management, deployments, and Azure services. Manage your Azure infrastructure, monitor applications, and deploy resources directly from your development environment.",
-  "version": "1.1.68",
+  "version": "1.1.70",
   "author": {
     "name": "Microsoft",
     "url": "https://www.microsoft.com"

diff --git a/.github/plugins/azure-skills/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/plugins/azure-skills/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.1.70
+
+- feat: improve the hosted agent getting started with coding ([#2610](https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/pull/2610))
+
+## 1.1.69
+
+- feat: add python-appservice-deploy skill for Python/Flask/Django/FastAPI on App Service ([#2487](https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/pull/2487))
+
 ## 1.1.68
 
 - feat(azure-compute): add VM creation workflow with approval gate before deploy ([#2297](https://github.com/microsoft/GitHub-Copilot-for-Azure/pull/2297))

diff --git a/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-prepare/SKILL.md b/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-prepare/SKILL.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 ---
 name: azure-prepare
-description: "Prepare Azure apps for deployment (infra Bicep/Terraform, azure.yaml, Dockerfiles). Use for create/modernize or create+deploy; not cross-cloud migration (use azure-cloud-migrate). DO NOT USE FOR: copilot-sdk apps (use azure-hosted-copilot-sdk). WHEN: \"create app\", \"build web app\", \"create API\", \"create serverless HTTP API\", \"create frontend\", \"create back end\", \"build a service\", \"modernize application\", \"update application\", \"add authentication\", \"add caching\", \"host on Azure\", \"create and deploy\", \"deploy to Azure\", \"deploy to Azure using Terraform\", \"deploy to Azure App Service\", \"deploy to Azure App Service using Terraform\", \"deploy to Azure Container Apps\", \"deploy to Azure Container Apps using Terraform\", \"generate Terraform\", \"generate Bicep\", \"function app\", \"timer trigger\", \"service bus trigger\", \"event-driven function\", \"containerized Node.js app\", \"social media app\", \"static portfolio website\", \"todo list with frontend and API\", \"prepare my Azure application to use Key Vault\", \"managed identity\"."
+description: "Prepare Azure apps for deployment (infra Bicep/Terraform, azure.yaml, Dockerfiles). Use for create/modernize or create+deploy; not cross-cloud migration (use azure-cloud-migrate). DO NOT USE FOR: copilot-sdk apps (use azure-hosted-copilot-sdk), or Python code-only App Service deploys (use python-appservice-deploy). WHEN: \"create app\", \"build web app\", \"create API\", \"modernize application\", \"host on Azure\", \"deploy to Azure\", \"deploy to Azure using Terraform\", \"deploy to Azure App Service\", \"deploy to Azure App Service using Terraform\", \"deploy to Azure Container Apps\", \"generate Terraform\", \"generate Bicep\", \"function app\", \"timer trigger\", \"service bus trigger\", \"event-driven function\", \"managed identity\"."
 license: MIT
 metadata:
   author: Microsoft
-  version: "1.2.13"
+  version: "1.2.14"
 ---
 
 # Azure Prepare
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Activate this skill when user wants to:
 
 | Prompt keywords | Invoke FIRST |
 |----------------|-------------|
+| Python + App Service (e.g., "deploy Python to App Service", "Flask on Azure App Service", "publish Python web app to App Service") | **python-appservice-deploy** |
 | Lambda, AWS Lambda, migrate AWS, migrate GCP, Lambda to Functions, migrate from AWS, migrate from GCP | **azure-cloud-migrate** |
 | copilot SDK, copilot app, copilot-powered, @github/copilot-sdk, CopilotClient | **azure-hosted-copilot-sdk** |
 | Azure Functions, function app, serverless function, timer trigger, HTTP trigger, func new | Stay in **azure-prepare** — prefer Azure Functions templates in Step 4 |

diff --git a/...hub/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-prepare/references/specialized-routing.md b/...hub/plugins/azure-skills/skills/azure-prepare/references/specialized-routing.md
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@
 
 ## Prompt-Based Routing Table
 
-> **⚠️ PRIORITY RULE**: Check rows **top to bottom**. The first match wins. If the prompt mentions **AWS Lambda migration or AWS Lambda**, invoke **azure-cloud-migrate** even if Azure Functions are also mentioned.
+> **⚠️ PRIORITY RULE**: Check rows **top to bottom**. The first match wins. **Python + App Service (code-only) is the highest priority** — route to `python-appservice-deploy` ONLY when the prompt is a code-deploy request **without** IaC or infra keywords (see Priority 1 qualifier below). If the prompt mentions **AWS Lambda migration or AWS Lambda**, invoke **azure-cloud-migrate** even if Azure Functions are also mentioned.
 
 | Priority | User prompt mentions | Invoke skill FIRST | Then resume azure-prepare at |
 |----------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
-| **1 (highest)** | Lambda, AWS Lambda, migrate AWS, migrate GCP, Lambda to Functions, migrate from AWS, migrate from GCP | **azure-cloud-migrate** | Phase 1 Step 4 (Select Recipe) — azure-cloud-migrate does assessment + code conversion, then azure-prepare takes over for infrastructure, local testing, or deployment |
-| 2 | copilot SDK, copilot app, copilot-powered, @github/copilot-sdk, CopilotClient, sendAndWait, copilot-sdk-service | **azure-hosted-copilot-sdk** | Phase 1 Step 4 (Select Recipe) |
-| 3 | Azure Functions, function app, serverless function, timer trigger, HTTP trigger, queue trigger, func new, func start | Stay in **azure-prepare** | Phase 1 Step 4 (Select Recipe) — prefer Azure Functions templates |
-| 4 (lowest) | workflow, orchestration, multi-step, pipeline, fan-out/fan-in, saga, long-running process, durable, order processing | Stay in **azure-prepare** | Phase 1 Step 4 — select **durable** recipe. **MUST** load [durable.md](services/functions/durable.md), [DTS reference](services/durable-task-scheduler/README.md), and [DTS Bicep patterns](services/durable-task-scheduler/bicep.md). |
+| **1 (highest)** | Python + Azure App Service **AND NOT** any of: `Terraform`, `Bicep`, `IaC`, `VNet`, `private endpoint`, `Key Vault`, `Cosmos`, `Postgres`, `MySQL`, `SQL`, `Front Door`, `multi-environment`, `Lambda`, `migrate from AWS`, `migrate from GCP`, `Fargate`, `Cloud Run`, `ECS`, `EKS`, `GKE` (e.g., "deploy Python to App Service", "Flask on App Service", "Python web app on App Service") | **python-appservice-deploy** | This is a code-only deploy skill. Do not resume `azure-prepare`. If the prompt contains any IaC, infra, or cross-cloud migration keyword above, **skip this row** and continue to row 2+ (i.e., let `azure-cloud-migrate` handle Lambda/Fargate/Cloud Run migrations, or stay in `azure-prepare` for the full infrastructure path). |
+| 2 | Lambda, AWS Lambda, migrate AWS, migrate GCP, Lambda to Functions, migrate from AWS, migrate from GCP | **azure-cloud-migrate** | Phase 1 Step 4 (Select Recipe) — azure-cloud-migrate does assessment + code conversion, then azure-prepare takes over for infrastructure, local testing, or deployment |
+| 3 | copilot SDK, copilot app, copilot-powered, @github/copilot-sdk, CopilotClient, sendAndWait, copilot-sdk-service | **azure-hosted-copilot-sdk** | Phase 1 Step 4 (Select Recipe) |
+| 4 | Azure Functions, function app, serverless function, timer trigger, HTTP trigger, queue trigger, func new, func start | Stay in **azure-prepare** | Phase 1 Step 4 (Select Recipe) — prefer Azure Functions templates |
+| 5 (lowest) | workflow, orchestration, multi-step, pipeline, fan-out/fan-in, saga, long-running process, durable, order processing | Stay in **azure-prepare** | Phase 1 Step 4 — select **durable** recipe. **MUST** load [durable.md](services/functions/durable.md), [DTS reference](services/durable-task-scheduler/README.md), and [DTS Bicep patterns](services/durable-task-scheduler/bicep.md). |
 
 > ⚠️ This checks the user's **prompt text**, not just existing code. Essential for greenfield projects where there is no codebase to scan.
 
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ azure-prepare is the default entry point for all Azure app work. Some technologi
 
 Without this check, azure-prepare generates generic infrastructure that misses these optimizations.
 
-> ⚠️ **Re-entry guard**: When azure-prepare is invoked as a **resume** from a specialized skill (e.g., azure-hosted-copilot-sdk Step 4), **skip this routing check** and proceed directly to Step 4. The specialized skill has already completed its work.
+> ⚠️ **Re-entry guard**: When azure-prepare is invoked as a **resume** from a specialized skill (e.g., `azure-hosted-copilot-sdk` Step 4, or `python-appservice-deploy` handing back for full-infra needs like VNet / Key Vault / DB provisioning), **skip this routing check** and proceed directly to Step 4. The specialized skill has already completed its work.
 
 ## Flow